Duck decoy



` Mar. 6,' 1923.

L. G. HUM).

DUCK DECOY.

E ILED AUG. 30, 1920.

Aof the hollow body.

Patented ar. 5, 1923.

LEIGH G. HUB/D, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

:DUCK DncoY.

Application led August 30, 1920. Serial No. 406,791.

T 0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, vLeitner G. HURD, a citizen of the United States, residing` at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Duck Decoys, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in duck decoys, and particularly to decoys of simple construction and that can be assembled and taken apart very quickly. Another object is to provide a decoy that will take up a very small amount of space when taken apart and being carried.

A further object is to provide a decoy that will be almost impossible to get out of order and be of a very substantial construction. A still further object of my invention is to provide a decoy very life like in appearance. Other objects will appear hereinafter.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the decoy assembled readyv for use, and is the preferred form of my invention. Figure 2` is a side elevational view of the front end of the decoy body, showing the l.. shaped lug for attaching to the removable adjustable head. Figure 3, is a bottom view'o-f the removable adjustable head. Figure 4, is a perspective view of the projecting memberwhich is attached permanently to the detachable floating bottom. Figure 5, is an end view of the detachable floating bottom. Figure 6, is a front view of the hollow body. Figure 7, is a perspective view of the spring fastener or clip that is attached permanently to the hollow body. Figure 8, is a front elevational view of a modified form Figure 9, is a top view of the detachable floating bottom on which the decoy body is mounted. Fig.

- 10 is a top view of the front end of the decoys are nested together, and the heads 2 are placed inside of the bodies. The detachable floating bottoms 13 are placed together, taking up very little room.

The removable adjustable head 2 can either be made from solid wood or sheet metal as preferred. The detachable floating bottom 13 is preferably made from wood, but can be made from any other material that will fioat. The L shaped lug 8 is attached permanently to the top front end of the hollow body, as shown in Figures 2, 6 and 8. The base 9 of the removable adjustable head 2, shown in Figures 1 and 3, has an opening or orifice 10 in the center of the same, into which the L shaped lug 8 fits when in the correct position; The base 9 is attached permanently to the bottom part of the head 2 as shown by the dotted lines at 9 in Figure 1. If the head 2 is made of solid wood or other solid material the neck will have to be hollowed out sufliciently to receivel the base 9. This will of course not be necessary if a sheet metal head' is used. In the preferred construction of the head, it is made from sheet metal as shown in the drawing, so therefore does not have to be hollowed out, as would be the case if a solid head was used.. The thickness of the neck base 9 should be the same as the distance between the projection of the L shaped lug and the top of the decoy body adjacent the L shaped lug.

The projecting member 4, shown in Figure 4 to be inserted in the orifice 12, is preferably made of brass or other metal that will not rust, and has a hole in front end of the same for inserting the anchor cord 6 as shown at 19 in Figures 1, 9 and 4. The weight 7 is attached to the cord 6.

Y The projecting member 4 is attached pen manently to the detachable floating bottom 13 by screws or other means inserted in the holes 11 as shown in Figure 4. The spring fastener or clip 5, shown in Figure 7 to be inserted in the orifice or slot 17 shown in Figure 5, is attached permanently to the hollow body 3 by means of a screw, rivet or other means being inserted thru the hole 21, as shown in Figure 7. In attaching the fastener or clip 5 to `thehollow body 3, it is placed on the opposite side from the orifice 12 shown in Figure 6, or the orifices 14 shown in Figure 8. In Figure 5 a metal plate 16 is .attached permanently to the detachable floating bottom 13, by' means of when the hollow body -3 ismonnted on theV detachable floating bottom 13. The metal plate 16 is attached to the detachable float-A ing bottom 13 on the opposite sidev from the j projecting member 4 asshown in Figure 9. ln igure 9, 20 shows the location of the screws which `holds the plate 16 in place. Theilines 15 inFigure 10 show the location of ltheti'voprojecti'ng members 15. in using this construction the projecting member 4 would not be attached to the detachable floating bottom at all,v the two projecting members 15 taking the place of the same. using this' `construction the weight 7 with the'cord 6 attached would have to be attached to the floating bottom by using an ordinary screw eye or ring attached to the bottom frontend of the floating bottom 13.

In'the operation ofthe decoy, the projecting member 4, is inserted in the orifice 12 in the hollow body 3, adjacent its open under side as shown in Figure 6. The body 3 of the decoy is then pressed down on the detachable Heating bottom 13 until the fastener 'or clip 5 slips automatically into theslot 17 in the plate 1G on'the detachable floating bottom 13. 'I his .detachably secures the hollow'bfody 3 to.' the detachable. iioating bottom 13'. A

lnv the modified form of my invention, two projecting members 15 are permanently attached to the detachable floating bottom 13 asshown in Figure 10 at 15. ln using this construction the projecting member 4 is eliminat'ech'the two projecting members talring its place. in this construction the operatien of the decoy is the same as when only oneprojectingmember 4 is used",V as the projecting members 15 are inserted in the orifices 14,*a'djacent the open under side of the hollow body?, 'ass'hown in Figure 8. After the projecting' members 15 are inserted in the orifices 14 inthe vhollow body 3, the body 3. is pressed down on thevdetachable floating bottom 13 until the fastener o slips into the` slot 177 which detachably'secures the hollow body. 3" to the detachable floating bottom 13.

ii'fter'the hollow bodyv 3 is attached to the detachable Heating-bottom 13,. the removable adjustable head 2 is positioned on the top' Vfront `end'of the hollow body 3 with the bill of the7 decoy'pointing towards the rear, if the' "10 "in thenech base 9 is in the same position as shown in the drawing, al-

though the position of the orifice 10 in the neck biase4 9 can be changed if desiredwithoiitdeparting from thespirit of my invention. 'Thelposition ofthe orifice 10` in the neck bafse 9 asshown in the drawing is the preferred position for receiving t-he L-shaped drawing the Leshaped lug 8 will tit into the orifice 10 inthe neck base 9. Turning the head 2 a fraction of a turn either to the right or the left will securely lock the head 2 to the hollow body 3 as can readily be seen. When taking the decoy apart all that is necessary, is to pull the fastener 5 out of the slot 17 when'the "decoy can be quickly taken apart the same way it was assembled.

lt can readily be seen that this decoy possesses all the advantages of the'solid wooden and collapsible decoys, but that it does not possess their disadvantages.

Having thus described my invention7 what l cla-im is:

1. il decoy comprising the combination of a hollow body with the bottompart open, a removable heath, a detachable floating 4bottom having an orifice for receiving a fastener which is attachedto the hollow body adjacent its open under side, and" which co-operates with means on the opposite side of the decoy in detachably securing the hollow hotly to the detachable floating bottom.

2. la decoy comprising the combination of a hollow body with the bottom part open, a removable head7 a detachable floating bottom permanently equipped with a projecting member which fits into an orifice in the hollow body adjacent its open underside, and an orice in the detachable iioating bottom diametrically opposite the projecting "member, which receives a fastenervattached to the hollow body adjacent its open under side, and .whichl detachably secures the hollow body to the detachable floating bottom.

3. decoy comprising the combination of a hollow body withth'e bottom part open, a removable head,A a `detachable floatingbottom equipped perm anently with a projecting member for vinserting in an `orifice in the hollow body adjacent its open underside, and an orifice'inV the detachable iiolating'bottom opposite the projecting member forreceiving'fastening means which is attachedV to the hollowbody adjacent its open under side, and which detachably securesV the hollow body to, the detachableHeatingl bottom.

4. A decoy comprising the combination of a hollow body with thebottom partopen7 a removable head, a detachablefloating botto-m permanently equipped with projecting members for inserting in openings inV theY hollow body' adjacent lits open under side,` 'and' an orifice. the detachable floating bottom positioned opposite the proj ecting* members which receives a projecting member attached to the hollow body adjacent its open under side7 and whichdetachablysecures the hollow body to the detachable floating bottom.

in testimony whereof I have signedmy name to this specification. 

